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The IRS released tax rules on August 29 in response to the June Supreme Court ruling that invalidated Section 3 of DOMA. Under the new rules, legally married same-sex couples can now file taxes as married, instead of being required to claim single status.

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press Economics Writer

WASHINGTON – The government on Thursday said that all legally married gay couples will be able to file joint federal tax returns even if they reside in states that do not recognize same-sex marriages.

The decision came in rules issued by the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service designed to implement the tax aspects of the Supreme Court’s decision in June that invalidated a section of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.